Time really has flown by, and we’re less than a week away from the start of the high school fall sports seasons.
A majority of area teams will begin play on Friday. Some start Saturday, and cross country really gets going on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Here’s a look at the what the opening week has in store, by school (I’m doing this in alphabetical order. It’s the easiest way.)
BRISTOL CENTRAL
Football — Windsor away at O’Brien Field in Windsor (across from Windsor High School), Friday at 7 p.m.
Girls soccer — New Britain away at Veterans Stadium, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Boys soccer — New Britain at home, Monday, 9/12, 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Plainville away at Plainville High School, Friday at 5 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — Bulkeley/HMTCA at home (Dennis Malone Aquatic Center), Tuesday, 9/13, 4 p.m.
Cross country — 38th annual Haddad Windham Invitational, away at Windham High School, Saturday, 9/10, 10 a.m.
BRISTOL EASTERN
Football — E.O. Smith home at Muzzy Field, Friday at 6 p.m.
Boys soccer — Maloney at home, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls soccer — Platt away at Ceppa Field in Meriden, Saturday, 9/10, 6 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Rocky Hill away at Rocky Hill High School, Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — Wethersfield away at Wethersfield High School, Tuesday, 9/13, 5 p.m.
Cross country — New Britain away at Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
CROSBY
Football — Woodland away at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls, Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Boys soccer — Oxford home at Jimmy Lee Stadium (behind Crosby), Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Ansonia at home, Friday at 6 p.m.
Cross country — away at Derby with Watertown and Wilby (Ryan Athletic Complex in Derby), Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
HOLY CROSS
Football — Kennedy home at Alumni Field (at Holy Cross High School), Saturday, 9/10, 1 p.m.
Boys soccer — Torrington home at Alumni Field, Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Girls soccer — St. Paul away at St. Paul Catholic High School in Bristol, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Watertown home, Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — Wilby/Kaynor Tech (Holy Cross home team) at Wilby High School, Friday, 9/16, 4 p.m.
Cross country — Oxford, Wolcott and Waterbury Career Academy home at Holy Cross, Tuesday, 9/13, 4 p.m.
KAYNOR TECH
Football (Sacred Heart co-op) — St. Paul away at McPhee Field (St. Paul Catholic High School) in Bristol, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Bullard Havens Tech home, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Bassick away at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Friday at 5 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving (Wilby co-op) — Holy Cross (H.C. home team) at Wilby High School, Friday, 9/16, 4 p.m.
Boys cross country — Abbott Tech home at Black Rock State Park (on the Thomaston/Watertown line), Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
Girls cross country — Platt Tech home at Black Rock State Park, Tuesday, 9/20, 3:45 p.m.
KENNEDY
Football — Holy Cross away at Alumni Field (Holy Cross), Saturday, 9/10, 1 p.m.
Boys soccer — St. Paul home at Municipal Stadium, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Naugatuck away at Naugatuck High School, Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — Watertown home, Friday, 9/16, 4 p.m.
Cross country — away at Hop Brook in Naugatuck against Naugatuck with Seymour and Woodland, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
SACRED HEART
Football — (Kaynor Tech co-op) — St. Paul away at McPhee Field (St. Paul Catholic High School) in Bristol, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Wolcott home at Waterville Park, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls soccer — Wolcott away at Monroe Field (Wolcott High School), Friday at 4 p.m.
Girls swimming — away at Platt High School in Meriden against Maloney/Platt and Suffield, Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Cross country — home at Bucks Hill Park against Ansonia, Torrington and St. Paul, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
ST. PAUL CATHOLIC
Football — Sacred Heart/Kaynor Tech home at McPhee Field, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Kennedy away at Municipal Stadium, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls soccer — Holy Cross home, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Oxford home, Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — Sacred Heart away at Kennedy High School, Thursday, 9/15, 7 p.m.
Cross country — away at Bucks Hill Park against Sacred Heart, Ansonia and Torrington, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
WATERBURY CAREER ACADEMY
Football — Wilby away at Municipal Stadium, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Derby away at Witek Park in Derby, Friday at 4 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Seymour away at Seymour High School, Friday at 6 p.m.
Cross country — away at Holy Cross against Holy Cross, Wolcott and Oxford, Tuesday, 9/13, 4 p.m.
WILBY
Football — Waterbury Career Academy home at Municipal Stadium, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Naugatuck away at Naugatuck High School, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Wolcott home at Reggie O’Brien Gymnasium (Wilby HS), Friday at 6 p.m.
Girls swimming and diving — (Kaynor Tech co-op) Holy Cross away at Wilby High School, Friday, 9/16, 4 p.m.
Cross country — away at Ryan Athletic Complex in Derby against Derby, Crosby and Watertown, Tuesday, 9/13, 3:45 p.m.
WOLCOTT
Football — Ansonia home at Monroe Field, Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys soccer — Sacred Heart away at Waterville Park, Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls soccer — Sacred Heart home at Monroe Field, Friday at 4 p.m.
Girls volleyball — Wilby away at Wilby High School, Friday at 6 p.m.
Cross country — away at Holy Cross against Holy Cross, Oxford and Waterbury Career Academy, Tuesday, 9/13, 4 p.m.
